Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen + Scourge of the Throne + Bloodflow Connoisseur

Ayara, Widow of the Realm // Ayara, Furnace Queen

Scourge of the Throne

Bloodflow Connoisseur

How it works

1. At the beginning of your combat phase, Ayara triggers, returning Scourge of the Throne from your graveyard to the battlefield, and giving it haste until end of turn.
2. Declare Scourge of the Throne as an attacker, attacking an opponent whose life total is higher than or equal to yours.
3. Scourge of the Throne's dethrone ability and second abilities trigger.
4. Resolve the second Scourge of the Throne trigger, causing you to untap all attacking creatures and to get an additional combat phase after this one.
5. Holding priority, activate Bloodflow Connoisseur by sacrificing Scourge of the Throne, putting a +1/+1 counter on Bloodflow Connoisseur.
6. Resolve the second Scourge of the Throne trigger from step 3, doing nothing.
7. Repeat each combat phase.

This loop turns Ayara, Widow of the Realm into a relentless necromancer by exploiting Scourge of the Throne's combat triggers, allowing you to repeatedly resurrect the Dragon from your graveyard as combat begins. Because Scourge of the Throne grants an additional combat phase and untaps your attackers when it attacks the player with the most life, you can sacrifice it to Bloodflow Connoisseur mid-combat before those triggers fully resolve, bypassing its normal exile clause and growing Bloodflow Connoisseur larger with every iteration.